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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 13:24:42 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Elis Pomales wrote:
> I would like to know what your opinions are on bulletin board systems
> within Muds. My belief is that a web based bulletin board systems is
> alot easier to develop, fancier and more reliable than an online one. Is
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> this true? Do you agree?
Harder to develop to my mind (this depends entirely on your own skills),
more of a hassle to use (I grumble at loading anything other than Lynx;
particularly for communications orientated to a specific mud). Fancier,
yes. This is not always a /good/ thing. Reliability is kinda irrelevant -
I see no huge advantage to either situation, except the mud-based one will
use standard situations which everyone accessing the mud will be able to
cope with, while browsers differ hugely.
> In that vain should help be web based? With minimal help in-game? Or do
> you think that help is so critical that it should be on the mud?
If I log into a game, and typing 'help <fairly obvious or partial topic
name>' does not work, and one or two reasonable variations do not work, I
leave. I will not visit a webpage to obtain help on a game (it's a
hassle!). If basic help were available (or rather, all the help in a basic
form), I might peruse an enhanced (hyperlinked, prettied up) version at my
leisure. When I first log in, I want to know what I need to know in order
to dive in.
If you really want to provide these things in a fancy frontend, consider
some sort of custom client (or add-on, for instance an application users
can run, similar to ICQ, to access communicative areas of your mud with a
special frontend, while the basic information is all still available to
those who do not use it, through the normal mud FE).
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-Matt Chatterley
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"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.." -John Lennon (Imagine)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00940" HREF="msg00940.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>,
Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 19:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00942" HREF="msg00942.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 20:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00944" HREF="msg00944.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 20:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00949" HREF="msg00949.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 23:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01031" HREF="msg01031.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 14 Jun 1998, 12:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01037" HREF="msg01037.html">[MUD-Dev] stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Sun 14 Jun 1998, 21:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01038" HREF="msg01038.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 14 Jun 1998, 22:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01041" HREF="msg01041.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 01:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01043" HREF="msg01043.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 04:43 GMT
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